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Album	You	Global	Diff
Melodrama Lorde	5	3.32	+1.68
Vol. 4 Black Sabbath	5	3.75	+1.25

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	2	3.63	-1.63
Sign 'O' The Times Prince	2	3.45	-1.45
Coat Of Many Colors Dolly Parton	2	3.43	-1.43
Fever To Tell Yeah Yeah Yeahs	2	3.29	-1.29
Being There Wilco	2	3.22	-1.22
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 George Michael	2	3.17	-1.17
Trans Europe Express Kraftwerk	2	3.15	-1.15
Cypress Hill Cypress Hill	2	3.15	-1.15
The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers	2	3.05	-1.05

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Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem · 1 likes

3/5

Enjoyable, but not entirely my thing.

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1999

Prince

3/5

A lot of disco influence in the album. Maybe too many women crying and/or moaning on some of the tracks. I had only heard 1999 and Little Red Corvette before. I really enjoyed D.M.S.R as a dance track. His vocals and the beats are great throughout the album. Overall a good album, but I don't think I'll be revisiting in full any time soon.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

You can really feel the energy of the crowd on some of the tracks (Worry, Worry being a stand out for me). He really does sing the fuck out of some blues.

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

3/5

I'm not too big on early hip hop with some exceptions. This album was pretty good; definitely feels like its part of a transition between late 80s "goofier" hip hop and early, basic rap, and the more violent gangster rap that emerged throughout the 90s. Some really good flow on the album.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

Great jazz album.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

My first Bob Dylan album. I enjoyed the folk music, but his voice leaves much to he desired sometimes and at other times it's a perfect fit.

Spiderland

Slint

3/5

I had never heard of this group before today and I am glad I had the chance to listen to this album. I didn't fully love it; the vocals were interesting, but my main focus was some of the great instrumentals.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

2/5

I'm not a big fan of a lot of the Krautrock stuff. I find it extremely repetitive at times. I like a lot of the beats on this album, but repeating Trans Europe Express 500 times does not make for good lyrics.

The Modern Lovers

2/5

I liked the singer's voice, but I could not stand some of the lyrics. I had never heard of this group before today and I'm glad I had a chance to check out something new, but overall I was not a fan and I won't be continuing with more of their discography.

Melodrama

Lorde

5/5

My second favorite Lorde album (Pure Heroine is top). This is still a phenomenal album that is just chock full of great tracks.

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Ah hell yeah, my second favorite Radiohead album (behind The Bends). A classic 90s album, that enjoy re-listening to quite often.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

I had not heard this Steely Dan album; it was great. I have really come to appreciate them this past year.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

Teenage me was big into all kinds of metal, but adult me thinks it's just okay most of the time. This was a good album though and I enjoyed the listen.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2/5

The album is saved for me by the songs Maps, Y Control, and Modern Romance. Otherwise, I found it to be an album that was not for me. I see this album recommended often and I don't fully understand why. I love their album "Cool It Down" and wish that one had more awareness.

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

3/5

My first Grateful Dead album. It was a nice experience and I'll be checking out more of their stuff in the near future. I heard American Beauty is great so they'll probably be next. My favorite song from the album was Turn on Your Love Light which I was informed was a cover.

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

I remember bouncing off this album after a few songs last year, but this time I was all in. Very good 90s UK sound.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Being There

Wilco

2/5

This has been on my list for years now. I can't say that I enjoyed it that much. I think the album is much too long and I only really appreciated a handful of songs. I was only familiar with a few of their songs prior to this listen and I think I might enjoy some of their later albums a bit more if their sound changes some.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

I only know the one Fatboy Slim song and always enjoyed it. When I started the album, I thought it was going to be annoying hearing the same lyrics repeated over and over, but as it went along I started to enjoy it more and more. It was a great listen for my Sunday morning errands.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

Among The Living

Anthrax

2/5

Not for me, but I didn't hate the listen.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

I did a deep dive on the Talking Heads a few months ago and I really enjoyed what heard. Truly a revolutionary musical group that was always pushing the boundaries. Good stuff.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

2/5

Not for me.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

I had never heard of this band before and I'm happy to have found them. Not every song on the album was my thing, but there's some really good tracks that had my foot stomping along.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

4/5

Garbage

3/5

Never really listened to any Garbage outside of the 4 hits they had. I didn't know what to expect, but this album was quite good.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

2/5

I did not enjoy this album. I don't like country and this album didn't change my mind on the matter.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Enjoyable, but not entirely my thing.

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

This album has all my favorite Carole King songs and pretty much most of her hits. Good stuff, but I don't know if there's another album of hers that I'd be dying to listen to.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

3/5

I had never heard of this group before. An enjoyable listen, but too long of an album with too many samey-sounding songs.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Was not a fan of this album. Everybody probably thinks Born to Run is the best track, but for my money, I'd take Tenth Avenue Freeze Out over it. Both good songs though.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

I really dig this album. Good from beginning to end.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2/5

Ehh, very okay album. Purple Rain is his masterpiece IMO and these other albums have some good songs, but also a lot of filler for me.

Odelay

Beck

3/5

Good, but not great for me.

Cypress Hill

2/5

Okay, but far from great. There are much better early 90s hip hop groups.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

Amazing album, but honestly the first 6 or so Sabbath albums are all great.

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

I liked, but didn't love this album. Maybe too many similar sounding songs, but goddamn do I love Robert Smith's voice. Disintegratration is still their top album to me, but this was a nice album to hear their earlier sound.

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

3/5

I had never heard of this group before. Overall an enjoyable album and I'll be listening to some of their other albums in the near future. Finding new groups like this is my favorite part of this random album challenge.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Some great songs. Father and Son never fails to get an emotional response out of me. Love his voice.